Introduction
I am a development economist whose research focuses on the Asian region, particularly Indonesia, elsewhere in Southeast Asia and China. My research uses the tools of micro-econometrics, experimental economics and randomised controlled trials to evaluate economic and social development policy and to understand human behaviour. I conduct field work and use large secondary data sets. I am interested in understanding economic disadvantage, marginalised groups, inequality and poverty.
Expert
Professor Lisa Cameron is the Disadvantage and Wellbeing in the Asia-Pacific Program Director. Her research focuses on issues of social welfare and poverty throughout Asia and in Australia. She is particularly interested in the welfare of disadvantaged and marginalised groups. Her work in this area includes analyses of poverty and wellbeing, economic development, evaluations of social welfare programs and gender inequality. She is an Affiliated Professor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). In 2013 she was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences.
Fields of expertise: Economic policy / inclusive economic development, Evidence for policy / knowledge valorization, Gender equality, Health and wellbeing